Paganus Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 The Air Force has officially placed an order for its first batch of F-15EXs, awarding Boeing a contract on Monday that puts a ceiling value for the entire program close to $23 billion. https://www.defensenews.com/air/2020/07/13/heres-how-much-money-boeing-is-getting-to-build-the-new-f-15ex/
streakeagle Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 The successor to the F-4 was the F-15. The Successor to the F-15 was the F-22, but Cold War ended and money ran out. 20 years later, the new successor is the F-15. Notably, the number of seats is back to where it started: 2, which is what happens when you carry a lot of pounds for air-to-ground :P [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Njinsa Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 The best spent money in years. I just hope Boeing defense division is separated from civil aerospace division by a nuke blast reinforced concrete.
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